A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1886
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Credit: A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EPICTJEUS (of China, The). A name which has been applied, though without the slightest justification, to Tao Tzu (q.v.), ETA. A pariali class under tke old regime of Japan, wliose disabilities have since been removed. Their busi¬ ness was with hides, dead animals etc. ETIQUETTE. (Chinese.) Never sit down while your visitor is standing, nor pass before him through a door. Never speak to an equal from a chair or from on horse¬ back, but dismount; nor without first removing your spectacles. Always place a visitor on your left; and in handing anything to him, invariably use hoth hands. When he takes his leave, accompany him to the front door. Chinese servants should not (strictly speaking) appear before their masters in short clothes, nor without socks, nor with shoes down at heel, nor with the tail tied round the head. They should not loll about, but stand in a re¬ spectful attitude with their hands down ; and on meeting their employers in the street, they should stand aside and yield the path. They should not wear gaudy clothes, nor blue socks; and should be shaved regularly at short in¬ tervals. Chinese street etiquette is also 'quite di:fferent from our own, a fact usually ignored by blustering foreigners who march through a Chinese town as if the place belonged to them, and not unfrequent]y complain that coolies and others will not'*‘ get out of their way.^^ There is, in fact, a graduated scale of Chinese street rights in this particular respect, to which, as 'being recognised by the Chinese themselves, it would be advisable for foreigners to pay some attention. In England it has been successfully maintained
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